Education and school funding were obviously major issues in the last legislative session, and they'll likely be important once again when lawmakers reconvene at the Capitol in a couple of weeks.

The Show spoke with an Arizona principal who recently took part in a panel discussion in D.C. about this.

Dennis Barger is principal of Vail Academy and High School, a K-12 school in the Vail School District, south of Tucson. He talked about how education has changed over the past few years, given today's political situation.

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